Durham Democratic Women has some ideas of how you can get to work on this election right now!

1. Volunteer to Register Voters.DDW encourages our members to work with You Can Vote to register voters. YCV provides excellent training. Once you are trained you can sign up to help in a wide selection of voter registration events and ways to keep newly registered voters engaged. Visit the You Can Vote Website now to Get Involved or emaildurhamdemwomen@gmail.com to say you are interested.

2.Support Statewide Campaigns Democrats around the state are filing to run for office. To get Democrats to run and to be on the ticket, they need financial support. A number of excellent avenues are available to support Democratic candidates. Consider:

3.Help Get Your Neighborhood Democrats OrganizedYour precinct needs to be organized and working as we enter the 2016 election cycle. You have a role to play in this endeavor. Durham Democratic Women can now provide you with a call list to encourage active Democrats in your precinct to come to an organizational meeting. This will guarantee that your precinct gets organized. Please make a request to durhamdemwomen@gmail.com if you are interested.

I’ve been trying to find a good way to bring Democratic voters out to the polls this fall, and one possibility I’ve found is the Power of the Pen effort. Their idea is to have volunteers reach out to people who aren’t frequent voters, but would probably vote Democratic, by sending them hand-written letters encouraging them to vote... Here are the instructions for signing up: FULL LETTER HERE

...Many people imagine lobbyists as sleazy men who take money from large corporations and bribe elected officials to pass policies that make corporations richer and average people poorer. But this isn’t true! A lobbyist is anyone who brings information to elected officials to ensure they have the knowledge they need to make educated decisions on behalf of their electorate. While professional lobbyists get paid to advocate on behalf of corporations or causes, everyone has the right to talk to — and in other words lobby — their legislators.. read on for FAQ's on Women's Advocacy Day

Many have expressed a desire to do “something” about the NC General Assembly: not all counties are as lucky as Durham with a solid Democratic Delegation. DDW has developed a plan, which has been adopted by Democratic Women of NC. This plan provides a road map to retake the General Assembly by 2020. To do this all Democrats will have to be working together towards the common goal: this will take a lot of work. Help us Turn NC Blue!To sign up, click for commitment formand return to us, email to:turnNCblue@gmail.comor mail to:Durham Democratic WomenP. O. Box 377, Durham, NC 27702

click above to print cards (4 per sheet) of Important Election Dates for 2014 and Things We Can Do Now (on back).

Info sheet on training-Assistant Precinct
Judges. Contact us if you are interested.